From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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DENNIS DECKER
	Dennis Decker. The subject of this article is a member of that 
Grand Army of the Republic whose numbers are yearly growing smaller. He is 
also a descendant of a long line of patriotic ancestors,antedating the 
Revolutionary War,in which his maternal grandfather took an active part.
   Hancock county,Ohio,is the place of his nativity,his birth occurring
August 2,1837. His parents were John and Agnes Decker,natives of 
Pennsylvania and descendants of Holland ancestry. They settled in Hancock 
county where they raised thirteen children,Dennis being the youngest. Three 
months out of the year in a log school house provided his education, and 
thus equipped he began life for himself at the age of eighteen years. He 
removed to Iowa, locating on a farm near Sigourney,Keokuk county,and here 
he remained until 1862,when he enlisted in the Thirty-third Iowa Infantry,
serving the close of the war. He was in the command of General Steele,
participated in the battles of Helena,Arkansas,Saline Pass and a number of 
serious skirmishes. Twice he was taken prisoner and lay in Confederate 
stockades in Texas. At Davenport,Iowa,on June 14,1865,he mustered out.
   For a number of years he followed the trade of a plasterer in Iowa,going
thence to Nebraska,where he lived five years,engaged principally in farming.
In 1888 he visited Pudget Sound,bur in 1891 he located in Stevens county on
the farm which he at present successfully conducts. He is surrounded with
the conveniences of life,and divides his time between agricultural pursuits
and his trade.
   In 1857 Mr.Decker married Emily M.Landers,daughter of William and Mary A.
(Brown) Landers,natives of Kentucky. They have four children;Mary E.,wife of
Charles Shepard,of Spokane;Martha E.,residing in Minneapolis,Minnesota;John
W.,in Stevens county;and Perry T.,a resident Spokane.
   Mr. Decker is a Democrat and a member of the Christian church.

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